Unit Pricing
One easy way to comparison shop is to use unit pricing. Many,
but not all, grocery stores use unit
pricing. The unit price is an item’s
price per ounce, gram, pound, liter, quart, gallon or other unit of
measure. Unit price tags are generally
found on the shelf above or below the item.

The unit price tag lists several pieces of information. The
tag includes the type of product, brand
name, product code number, package size, total price and price per unit.

Scroll over the parts of the unit price tag below to
identify the different parts of a unit price tag.

Unit pricing gives you a quick and easy way to compare
prices. What if no unit price is
given? In this case, you need to learn
how to calculate unit prices yourself.
Watch the Computing
Unit Prices Video to learn how (Note: video is open
captioned).